Walking to Success

Posted by Chris Edwards on Jun 4, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf | 0 comments Hats off to everyone who have managed to keep their step count over 10,000 a day in the conditions of the last two weeks. Most of the people I know of who are following the New Beginning City2Surf training program are averaging 13,000 to 14,000 steps a day, which is excellent considering many of you have been regularly walking in the rain. Sonia and Sue are both joining us in the Life7 City2Surf...
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Step it up a Notch

Posted by Chris Edwards on May 31, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf | 0 comments Nine Weeks to Go With nine weeks until the City2Surf, you still have plenty of time to get into condition for the event (but don’t wait a moment longer). In the first week we set ourselves a target of 10,000 steps per day. This is the minimum the experts tell us we should all be doing every day of our lives in order to maintain our general health, but the average office worker only does...
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10 weeks until the City2Surf

Posted by Chris Edwards on May 25, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf | 0 comments With 10 weeks until the 40th City2Surf, it is time to start your fitness routine. As I said in the training plan overview, you need a good pair of shoes and a pedometer. You need to focus on eating well and you need to exercise every day. We are going to start this week with regular walking and you’ll need the pedometer to compare how well you are going each day. A number of our personal...
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A New Beginning – City2surf Training Stage One

Posted by Chris Edwards on May 25, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf | 0 comments Just as I did in last year’s ‘Lifting Your Game’ training program for casual joggers, this training program is also broken into three stages. Conditioning yourself into a training routine The aim of the first 3 weeks of this program is to ease you into a regular exercise routine. If you haven’t done much physical activity and you are carrying a fair amount of weight, you...
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A New Beginning – Overview

Posted by Chris Edwards on May 25, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf | 0 comments Not everyone is a runner. In fact, not everyone is a jogger, and some of us have let ourselves slip into a lifestyle of indulgence and neglected our exercise altogether. When you begin from such a long way back, it is a much harder to get motivated but you will ultimately have achieved a greater success when you achieve your goal. Losing weight, particularly large amounts of weight is difficult,...
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How to win the City2Surf

Posted by Chris Edwards on May 21, 2010 in City2Surf | 0 comments Yesterday I met with 2009 Sydney City2Surf winner Michael Shelley and held the winner’s trophy for the first time. Not something I ever imagined I’d be doing! In 2009, as I was just reaching the halfway point at the top of ‘Heartbreak Hill’, Michael was crossing the line in a time of 41’02′. It staggers me to think of the speed these elite runners are able to...
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